Mr g: A Novel About The Creation by Alan Lightman My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s like they say, you’ll never read Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman for the…
Space, In Chains by Laura Kasischke My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t feel well-versed enough in modern poetry to be able to say anything about how “Space, In…
The Photo Book by Ian Jeffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wonderful collection of the classics of modern photography that encompasses the photos everyone has seen and those that…
Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have to by Sian Beilock My rating: 4 of 5 stars I haven’t read a psychology…
The Obamas by Jodi Kantor My rating: 3 of 5 stars Much more armchair psychiatry (conjecture about the psyches of the Obamas) than one would have guessed, but the juxtaposition…
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene My rating: 4 of 5 stars The same urge to make “concrete” examples to represent…
Egyptian social media revolutionary Wael Ghonim spoke at a Chicago Tribune “Printer’s Row Live” event this Saturday on the occasion of the release of his book “Revolution 2.0: The Power…
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers by Vendela Vida My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thought-provoking. You’ll walk away from this with an appreciation for the writers interviewed…
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani My rating: 4 of 5 stars Charming graphic novel biopic! I had some background on Feynman, so I wasn’t relying on Ottaviani to fill in all…
The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Emmanuel Guibert My rating: 4 of 5 stars At first, the mix of drawn graphic novel panels and real photographs…
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